Auxiliary dirigible headlight or spotlight



Feb. 26 1924. I

3,485,048 F. H. PAGE ET AL I AUXILIARY DIHIGIVBLE HEADLIGHT OR SPOTLIGHTFiled March 7. 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet l I N VEN TOR.

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F. H. PAGE ET AL AUXILIARY DIRIGIBLE HEADLIGHT 0R SPOTLIGHT 2Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed March 7. 1922 INVENTOR. Fre d H. Pa

By Don P (Shoo s Cave/C ATTORNEYS Patented Feb. .26, 1924.

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AUXILIARY DIR-IGIBLE HEADLIGHT B SPOTLIGHT.

Application filed March 7, 1922. Serial No. 541,653.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FRED H. PAGE and DON P. SNooKs, citizens of theUnited States, residing at the city and county of Kalamazoo, State ofMichigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in AuxiliaryDirigible Headlights'or Spotlights, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in auxiliary dirigible headlightsor spot lights. The objects of the invention are: First, to provide aconvenient attachment and support for such dirigible headlight.

Second, to provide an improved construction or control which shall bereadily applied and which shall not have slack joints.

Third, to provide an improved support for auxiliary headlight or spotlight beneath the regular headlight and close to the ground.

Further objects and objects pertaining to details and economies ofconstruction and operation will definitely appear from the detaileddescription to follow.

The objects of the invention are accomplished by the devices and meansdescribed in the following specification. The invention is clearlydescribed and pointed out in the claims.

A structure embodying the features of the invention is clearlyillustrated in the accompanying drawing forming a part of thisapplication, in which:

Fig. I is a detail perspective view of the improved dirigible spotlightin position on a Ford automobile.

Fig. II is an enlarged detail perspective view of the structuredetached.

Fig. III is an enlarged detail sectional view on line 3-3 of Fig. 11,showing the method of attaching the control rod to the cross rod of theautomobile steering gear.

Fig. IV is a detail plan view of the structure shown double, providingfor a lamp at each side of the car and under each headlight.

Fig. V is an enlarged detail sectional view on a line 5 of Figs. II andIV showing details of the pivotal support for the dirigible arm.

Fig. V1 is a detail perspective view of a slight modification in which alink rod is made use of in place of the jointed connecting link.

Fig. VII is a detail sectional view of a modification of the jointappearing in Fig.

V, which is simplified and a cotter-pin made use of for retaining thesprings.

.In the drawing the sectional views are taken looking in the directionof the little arrows at the endsof thesection lines and similar numeralsof. reference refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Considering the numbered parts of. the drawingi 1 is the frame of an.automobile. 2 is the attaching bracket of our improved dirigible lightsecured'to the corner thereof and having a laterally extending arm 3disposed preferably directly underneath the headlight. 4 is an attachingbolt and 5 is the fender brace rod bolt which is removed and put throughthe bracket 2 to help retain it in position. 6 is the vertical pin onbracket arm 3 on which the dirigible headlight arm 8 is supported. Thisarm 8 has a rearwardly projecting part 9 which is connected by links 10to the cross rod 17 between the steering knuckles of an automobile. Thisis connected to the arm 9 by the pivoted arm 11 which is connected bycross pivot 12 to the end of the link 10'. The opposite end of link 10is connected to the bracket 16 by the pivoted connecting arm 14 havingthe vertical pivot 15 therethrough and the horizontal pivot'13 throughthe end of the link 10. This provides a completely flexible connectionyielding in all directions between the bracket 16 and the arm 9 whichcompensates for all spring action. The slack is taken out ofthe jointseffectively by the tension coiled spring 18 which is connected at 19 tothe rear end of the arm 9 and to the bracket 16 at 20. Bracket 16 isclamped to the cross arm 17 by the clamping screw 16 as seen clearly inFig. III.

The forwardly projecting portion of the lever 8 has a vertical pin 21 onwhich is disposed any suitable design of spotlight 22, the same beingretained thereon by the clamping screw 23, see Fig. 11. The lever 8 isretained in place on the pin 6 by the nut 61 under which is disposed thespring 7 to hold the parts yieldingly together and yet permit them toswing readily without lost motion or rattle. V

The details of this connection appear distinctly in Fig. V. In Fig. VIIa modifica tion is shown where in place of the nut 61 a cotter pin 62 isthrough the upper end of the pin 6. Where it is desired a pair of theseauxiliary headlights or spotlights may be made use of and connected asshown in Fig. IV, the one at the right and left hand being identicalexcept that they are symmetrical. One light on the right hand side isfound to be very effective and sufiicient as most turns to the outsideof the road occur to the right and it is desirable to know the conditionof the road particularly to the right and by this means it iseffectively accomplished. I

Having thus described our invention what we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is '1. The combination of a bracket adapted forconnection to the front corner of the frame and having an arm disposedbeneath the headlight of a vehicle, a lever pivotally mounted on saidbracket, a spotlight supported at the forward end of said lever, anauxiliary bracket adapted for mounting on the cross rod of the steeringgear of a vehlcle, a link with universal o1nt connectlons .to saidauxiliary bracket and the rear end of said lever, and a'tension springfrom said lever tosaid auxiliary bracket, coacting for the purposespecified.

2. The combination of a bracket adapted for connection to the frontcorner of the frame and having an arm disposed beneath theheadlight of amotor vehicle, a pivoted lever on said bracket, a spotlight supported atthe forward end of said lever, and a link connecting the rear end ofsaid lever and a bracket carried by the cross rod of the steering gearof the vehicle.

In Witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals.

FRED H. PAGE. DON P. SNOOKS.

